Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-14
MONTANA MATTERS.

MONTANA nATTERs.
Corner lots. in Fort Benton are M
held at $1,000. .. !,
Stevensville's public library oui'o'"s :
nearly finished. ,s;r
About six miles OF rails have been ,ds
from Jefferson City on the Helena Do
Valley & Butte railroad.
Great Falls is now in telegraphlc c0nnso
ton with the outside world tne d. 49,
Mountain line having been ompie'
on Saturday.
Gabriel Dumont, the faithful follower O
ro,;s Rel in the Northwest rebellion. hal
returned from the East. and ls settieo "pol
a ranch in the vicinity Of lewiston.
The gas company is laying the new ain
which arrived in Helena a short time ago
The capacity of the works will also ne III
creased.
There was no truth in the rumor tina
eastern turfmen had offered a large sum fo1
Morrison's Mouse" All the same. he il
Just as fine as he Can-by.-Missoula Times
Judge Stephens, whose ranch closely Dor
ders on the western limits Of MissOula, IL
ready to make the handsome gift OF lou
acres for park purposes to that town.
The Benton Press quotes President Hill
of the Manitoba road as saying that the
Manitoba railroad would reach Fort Ben
ton hetw cen the 18th and goth OF August,
1887.
The Indian Commission told the Flat
heads that 'they had all the rights OF white
men in hunting and fishing off their reserva.
tion, but must obey the Territorial game
laws"
The scheme OF erecting sampling works at
| Boulder is being agitated. A meeting Of
| citizens to decide upon the matter will be
held to-day.
The term of the Yellowstone County
District Court begins Monday, 10th. at
Billings.
Work began on the new brick guard
house at Fort Keogl, last Monday. They
had to send to Minneapolis for Lien to do
the work.
The present season promises to be a good
one for %freighters. There will be consid' "a.
BILE hauling, and prices will range higher on
road construction.
Missouri and through the Gate of the Noun
tains, Judge Hilger's steamer, the Rose OF
Helena, being now placed in running order
Tor the season.
The Fort Benton Press has it on author
ity that is reliable and from the highest
source, that the Northern Pacific Railroad
will be built to Fort Benton just as soon
as the arrangements can be made and the
| work done.
The river gauge at Fort Benton on Fri
! day showed a stage of water twenty-seven
inches above low water mark. The river
is just at q good stage for navigation at
present.
A man was in Glendive last week who
had just returned from a little roundup OF
his OWL on the n.rth side Of the Missouri,
in which he recovered nine head of valua-
BILE horses which he had not seer for two
years.
The committee having in charge the rails
ing OF q monument to the late Father Ra.
valli invite contributions to- make mp the
required deficiency. Address all contribu-
tions to Henry Buck, Stevensville, Mont.
An enthusiastic Fort Bentonite says that
Benton is the city OF destiny and that
within six months every foot of real estate
he owns land he owns lots of it) will be
worth at least a hundred per cent. more
than it is now
There is q big pile of freight at Bismarck
awaiting shipment to Fort Benton. Eight
boats are en- route to the latter place. The
River Press expects to seefour Or five boats
at the levse at one time within the next
couple OF weeks.
Livingston Enterprises: A new discovery
has been made in the Yellowstone Park.
The air is not only light and bracing, butts
most admirably adapted for telephone
purposes. A shot fired in the uppe park
can be heard over fifty miles away.
The troops who were to have established
a summer camp near the Sweet Grass hills.
for the purpose of patroling that oun
try and checking, if possible, the depredat-
ing reds, did not leave Fort A~ssinaboine
on the LIST, as was expected, but will prob
ably do SO in a short time.
A falling rock struck a brakeman on the
head while passing through the Bozeman
tunnel on the N. p, and though it knocked
him down be had presence of mind enough
to save himself from falling under the train
by catching the footboard on the top of the
car.
The Glendive Times ceased on the 9TH in
slant. Part of the outfit has been pur-
chased by the Independent and the re-
mainder will be moved to Little Muddy,
Dakota. where w. w. Mabee intends to
publish a weekly paper.
The play foot ball on Main street in
Miles CITY, just as they would on any De-
serted Village common. Out of considera-
ton for the ladies, however, it will be dis
continued on the street.
An enterprising citizen of Lewiston is
going to put up q building containing a hall
for public use 24x6U, which the Lewiston
Argus eulogizes as a building project that
will not only be of great credit and impor-
lance to Lewiston, but to the whole county
as well.
Scout Roensch, who has temporary
charge OF the Cree refugees, camped on the
north fork OF Sun river, over whom such a
hubbub was raised last winter, says they
are the most motley and reevolting gang
he ever run a. ross. The war department
is now issuing sufficient rations to keep
them alive, and will likely escort them over
the line into Queen Victoria's domain,
from whence they came, in a few weeks.
Mr.. Roesch says the chief, whose name is
Little Troubled Man, is a cute one, and
will not move a peg unless forced to do so.
Falls Tribune.
A gang OF men were at work to-day put.
ting up fences on vacant around in the
part of the townsite, and the sus-
plcion has been created that they are EN-.
ployed by parties who are jumping the
ground. The vacant lots on Lawrence |
street, up the hill east from Main, are be- |
Ing surrounded with board fences as fast as
a large force OF men can put in the posts
and nail on the boards. 1t is hard to get
the bottom Of the matter, but as we 20
TO press it looks as though there was to be
q lively tussle over Helena real estate, to
which the jumuing of a mine would not be
tircumstance.-Helena Herald, 10.
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